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If you’ve been following me and Messari for a while, you know I’m bullish on token-powered information curation. The v1 token-curated registry primitive had some flaws, but in general, curation markets could replace centralized, ad-driven algorithms, improve credentialing and social signaling, reduce low-value redundant work, and crowd-fund high-va... See more
Ryan Selkis • Crypto Theses for 2022
The blockchain offers a degree of transparency and access to truth that can prevent breaches of trust.
William Mougayar • The Business Blockchain: Promise, Practice, and Application of the Next Internet Technology
Trust can be achieved by increasing transparency requirements, namely by sharing identity and reputation information.
William Mougayar • The Business Blockchain: Promise, Practice, and Application of the Next Internet Technology
Vitalik Buterin
Paul Vigna , Michael J. Casey • The Age of Cryptocurrency
cryptography (via hash codes) is used to secure the authentication of the transaction source and removes the need for a central intermediary.
William Mougayar • The Business Blockchain: Promise, Practice, and Application of the Next Internet Technology
Enduring on-chain products will measure twice and cut once. While blockchains don't have to be financial, today's market has put a price on almost every token, contract code is public, and the future of crypto regulation is unclear. Because of this, the products that will make it through waves of scammers/hackers, downswings in token value, and pot... See more
Theodora Chu • On Falling Down the Rabbit Hole
Celo is based on a belief that programmable money will unlock new economic models, and that changing the features of money (which is possible because money’s just a technology) can lead to a more beautiful world. And it’s a bet that mission-aligned builders will care as much about a Layer 1’s community as they do its tech specs. When everything is ... See more